... and there's a story on the newswire this morning about all the budget troubles waiting for the Rahmhead when he gets in. The Daleys have bled the city dry, and guess who gets to deal with the aftermath?

The really fun part was the news feature that led off with, "When he announced his candidacy for the office left behind by retiring Mayor Daley, Rahm Emanuel was far from the front-runner . . . . ."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

That must be why every political blogger, writer or insider not working for someone else's campaign immediately started talking about no one but Rahm . . . because he was such a dark-horse candidate.

It seems to me that, nationally speaking, a lot of observers are talking about Rahm being elected Mayor Chicago, but few are finding it remarkable that Mayor Daley's brother, Bill, has been appointed to take Rahm's place as White House Chief of Staff.

Here's the incriminating document. Notice the difference between appraised value and market value. Note some discrepancies always exist between the two. But an error of 1000%!?!http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/Property_Search/Property_Details.aspx?Pin=14184080350000

On a similar note, I read recently that Chicago had to throw out a sizable number of red light camera tickets, when it came to light that the officer who had been signing the tickets, verifying he had viewed the video and that an offense had occurred...had been dead for several years at the time...